• chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      But non-tech people aren’t buying Faiphones, but whatever they’re pushing at the Verizon store.

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      Can you follow a step-by-step guide?

      Can you use a screwdriver to remove 5-10 identical screws?

      Can you use spudgers of varying sizes?

      Can you use a hair dryer?

      Then you can change the battery on your Samsung phone.

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        4 hours ago

        I guess the answer to at least one of those is no. Last time I tried a battery replacement, I broke the screen either during assembly or disassembly. I build my own desktop PCs, and have fixed laptop monitors and drives, but every time I attempt hardware repair on something phone-ish, I make it worse (even going back to when I owned an OpenMoko).

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          4 hours ago

          You haven’t had to touch the screen on a Samsung phone since like the S6, every model after that opens from the back.

          • WIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.world
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            Yeah so?.. They still managed to break it because battery replacement in a phone is not as easy as pop off the panel and replace.